vor | Sixth Cream Cake: [Written/Action]

[Filtered to Ivan Vorpatril, 65% unhackable because it's early and he's sick.]

Ivan,

Would you please look in on the horse for me? The Imperial Ass seems to be having trouble getting out of bed today, as the Imperial Sniffles have turned into the Imperial Plague. We apologize for Our impending death and your impending resulting frustrations.

Regretfully,

Gregor

P.S. If this letter caused you alarm, please give yourself a refresher course in detecting the Imperial Sarcasm.

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[Gregor is sick as a dog. Apartments adjacent to his have probably heard violent, deep, chesty coughing for about two weeks now. Ordinarily, he'd have on-site approved physicians checking him out and prescribing whatever antibiotic was necessary, but here, he has to actually go seek out help. So. To the Battle Dome clinic he goes, looking specifically to see Adele LeBlanc when she's in. He will wait for her, if necessary.

Afterwards, he's going to the library, then the bakery for coffee and something sweet. Anyone stopping in can see him sitting inside, devouring a psychology textbook and sipping coffee, the cream cakes reduced to crumbs. They are the only thing he has eaten all day. He is not looking great, occasionally falling into bad coughing fits, for which he ducks outside, but recovering fairly quickly. When he heads home, he goes straight to bed despite his plans to work out. And the fact that it's the middle of the day.]

[Filtered to Phoenix Ikki 79%]

PI--

I suppose we're supposed to be pen pals, whatever that entails. I hope you're adjusting to the village well.

--GB

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No, he's just that laid-back.

-Greg

Push him into a volcano, see if he's laid-back then.

- Ikki

[Hard to say if he's joking, being sarcastic or what.]

Any idea where I can find one?

The Battle Dome has very realistic features. If not, give it time, I've heard that places like the beach weren't always there, maybe this Christmas we will get a volcano.

If you fine one before that, try to remember to tell me.

[He also wants one though not to throw people in... Not mainly at least.]

You have a deal.

Do you think we've satisfied the rabbit?

[Is it a rabbit?]

If I was any newer I would say yes. Unfortunately I know it's a "no", otherwise we wouldn't have been paired up.

[He has been in contact with Rin quite decently and look what that got him, another partner.]

But he just wants us to contact each other and talk. No one said for how long or how often so he has no place to complain.

[Even if he will.]

He had no place to complain to begin with. Why are we following an arbitrary set of rules if not to keep him from complaining?

To keep him from complaining and being noisy. And because in this village there are too many who wouldn't approve of beating others when they get too annoying.

[So killing or beating the rabbit or whatever it is isn't an option, unfortunately.]

And he had no place to even add us to his list to begin with. I, at least, did never sign up for it.

Neither did I. Somehow I don't think that's the point.

The point of his project thing? From what I gathered he just adds whoever he feels like.

The point is morale, I think. And yes, there are better ways.

Anything is better than to bother people who don't want anything to do with something when there are others who kick each other to be able to participate.

[Or at least anything is better than to him being bothered, he's not selfless enough to care if others are bothered or not.]

Adopt-an-Introvert?

I meant the "Make friends with random strangers" thing, but I know plenty of people who would love to join that too.

That's what I meant--it's an alternative to the current arrangement.

As long as the "introverts" are only people who sign up themselves and not random people someone decides that need more friends, I would be fine with that.

I doubt any who needed it would sign up. ~~At least, not~~ The nature of being somewhat reclusive is a lack of motivation to be more social.

Just because someone is somewhat reclusive doesn't mean they don't have friends or anything though.

Precisely. There's nothing wrong with being a quiet person. It's not some genetic mistake for someone to fix.

If you ask me what seems like a genetic mistake is the people who think that everyone should be friends with everyone.

Maybe not genetic, just rampant idealism gone wrong.

With the way some are about it you would think they really have it written in their genetic system.

Some people are less social than others. It doesn't mean anything's wrong with us.

Tell me something I don't know.

What are your thoughts on hammering things like that idea into people's brains?

[In the most literal sense, he really ended wanting to smash Oswald's head last time they argued.]